Drinking-fountain.



C. HEER.

DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. ze, 191s.

1,085,41 8, Patented Jan. 27, 1914.

un llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll u CHARLES HEER, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

DRINKING-FOUNTAIN.

Application led January 28, 1913.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 27, 1914. Serial No. 744,697'.

fo a/Z 'ir/mm it may concer/i Be it kno-wn that I, CHARLES Henn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Driliking-Fountains, of which the following is a specication.

rllhis invention provides means 'for supplying poultry and small stock with drinking water both in cold and warm weather, the device being of such construction as to prevent freezing of the water during a cold spell.

T he invention provides a fountain for holding drinking water, said fountain embodying a minimum number of parts and a simple construction whereby it may be easily and conveniently replenished and whereby a supply is assured so long as the receptacle Contains a surplus amount of water to be automatically fed to the drinking cup as the water is drawn therefrom.

The invention consists of the novel features, details of construction and combination of parts, which hereinafter will be more particularly set forth, illustrated in the accompanying `drawing, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawing, forming a part of the specification, Figure 1 is a front view of a drinking fountain embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line of Fig. 1.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description, and indicated in both views of the drawing, by the same reference characters.

The fountain embodies an outer shell or casing 1 within which is arranged a tank 2, a space 3 being formed between the walls of the tank and case for the passage of hot air and gases from a heater which is arranged in the lower portion of the case and consists preferably of a kerosene lamp of ordinary construction. Openings 5 are formed in a side of the case for the ingress of air to support combustion. A large opening 6 is provided in a side of the case opposite the burner to admit of trimming t-he wick, filling the reservoir with kerosene and to admit of access to the wick raising and lowering .mechanism whereby the flame may be regulated. A depression 7 is formed in a side of the case or shell 1, the same increasing in width and depth from top to bottom so as to provide ample room for the stock to reach the cup containing the water in convenient position for drinking. The tank 2 has a laterally extending portion S near its lower end which is open at the top to admit of access being had to the water. A portion of a side of the tank is cut away above the laterally extending part 8 and receives the lower portion of the indented portion 7 of the case or shell 1. The lower end of the indented part T extends below the plane of the upper edge of the part S so as to dip into the water contained in the part 8 and form a seal. The laterally extending part S constitutes a cup from which the stock draws the water in the act of drinking. .Vhen the level of the water in the cup S lowers to such an extent as to admit air passing into the tank beneath the lower end of the indented part 7 a portion of the water passes from the tank into the cup 8 so as to maintain the predetermined level of the water therein. The indented portion 7 makes ample provision for the stock reaching the water and at the same time provides connecting means between the case 1 and tank 2. The cup S projects a short distance beyond the side of the case or shell l.

It will be understood from the foregoing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, that the invention provides a drinking fountain of simple construction and embodying a minimum number of parts and which may be easily and conveniently replenished when required, the cup being atI all times supplied so long as the tank contains a sufficient amount of water to form a reserve for replenishing the cup.

From the foregoing description, taken in connect-ion with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new, is

1. A drinking fountain comprising a case or outer shell having an opening in a side and having a portion above the opening indented, and a tank having a laterally eX- tending part at its lower end to form a cup, said lateral extension being open at its top and projecting through the opening in the side of the case and having the lower end of the indented portion of the case dipping therein.

2. A. drinking fountain comprising a case 'or outer shell having an opening in :1 side and having a portion above the opening indented to forni a recess which widens and deepens from top to bottoni, a heater 1ocated within the lower portion of the case, and a tank arranged within the case and spaced therefrom, said tank having a lateral extension at its lower end which is open at its top, said lateral extension forming a cup which projects through the opening in the side of the case and receives the lower end of the indented part of said case which dips into the water contained therein.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES HEER.

Vitnesses:

FRANK A. HALL, JENNIE VAN TAssELL.

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Washington, ID. C. 

